LWW
05-19-2010, 02:24 PM
<span style='font-size: 26pt'><span style='font-family: Arial Black'><u>M - A - R - Y - L - A - N - D (http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2010-05-19-column19_ST_N.htm)</u></span></span>
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Compounding the ongoing struggle to desegregate some schools is the emerging problem of resegregation. A study by the Southern Education Foundation — which was founded in 1867 to improve educational equity in the South — concluded that in six Southern states, at least 30% of the black public school students attend schools that have a population of at least 95% black. Among these, Maryland (which some don't consider a Southern state) has the highest percentage at 45%, followed by Alabama (40%), Mississippi (39%), Tennessee (38%), Georgia (32%) and Texas (30%). </div></div>
LWW
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Compounding the ongoing struggle to desegregate some schools is the emerging problem of resegregation. A study by the Southern Education Foundation — which was founded in 1867 to improve educational equity in the South — concluded that in six Southern states, at least 30% of the black public school students attend schools that have a population of at least 95% black. Among these, Maryland (which some don't consider a Southern state) has the highest percentage at 45%, followed by Alabama (40%), Mississippi (39%), Tennessee (38%), Georgia (32%) and Texas (30%). </div></div>
LWW